The project is expected to last into the summer of 2015

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The Spring Garden Street Bridges run from Eakins Oval to N. 31st Street.

Philadelphia's Spring Garden Street Bridges are set to get a multimillion dollar makeover that is sure to affect commuters -- whether they use a car, bike or their own two feet.

PennDOT says it will begin construction on the spans, one 56-years-old and another 46-years-old, on Monday, August 11. The bridges stretch from Eakins Oval, along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, over the Schuylkill River and trail, Interstate 76 and Martin Luther King Drive to N. 31st Street. They carry 15,400 vehicles a day as well as bicycle and pedestrian traffic.

One of the spans is structurally deficient and both are in need of joint replacement, new bearings and pier caps, officials said. The entire 665 feet worth of bridge roadway will be resurfaced and drainage will be improved.

The $6.6 million project also calls for the rehab and widening of a ramp leading to the westbound lanes of the Schuylkill Expressway.

The replacement of the Spring Garden Street bridges will last until the summer of 2015, PennDOT officials say.
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Traffic patterns will be shifted starting on Aug. 11 with some turning lane restrictions on weekdays between 6 a.m. and 5 p.m., PennDot said. In late August, trucks 30 feet or longer will be restricted from using the bridges.